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Congo Funk Analog Africa s long awaited journey to the musical heart of the African continent presents fourteen funky hypnotic and schizophrenic tunes from the 1970s meticulously distilled from an initial selection of around 2000 The double LP compilation showcase the many facets of the Congolese capitals Kinshasa and Brazzaville...
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Congo s turbulent and exhilarating 70s Nightclubs and dance floors were packed to the brim in the capital Kinshasa The whole continent was submerged into the Congolese Rumba craze Encouraged by the fantastic productions of the Ngoma label vibrant radio waves had been spreading the Congo sound from Leopoldville all...
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The star of Ernesto Djédjé started rising in the late 60s when he became the guitar player and leader of Ivoiro Star Annoyed by the congolisation of the Ivorian music that was taking place within the band Ernesto left the group and emigrated to Paris in 1968 to record his...
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Whoever has been following the musical movements happening within our culture must have noticed this young singer hailing from the North of Brazil An absolute master of Baião Côco Batuque and other related musical genres and the owner of an art one hundred percent his own Ary Lobo is the...
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Midway through the Mandingue groove inferno that is Dakan Sate Korotoumi I knew I had found a gem Hypnotic guitar solos heavy bass riffs psychedelic organ lines and funky horns what more could you want A fixture on the Malian music scene Leon Keïta was born in Guinea before finding...
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On 12 February 1949 an angry mob stormed into the centre of the Ecuadorian capital of Quito burning the offices of the city s main newspaper and its oldest radio station to the ground On that tragic day Radio Quito had just broadcast a local adaptation of H G Wells...
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4 years in the making in partnership with Teranga beat the current leading label for Senegalese music Analog Africa proudly offer an insight into the musical adventures that were taking place in the major Senegalese cities during the 60s and 70s This compilation reflects the unique fusions of Funk Mbalax...
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The city of Belém in the Northern state of Pará in Brazil has long been a hotbed of culture and musical innovation Enveloped by the mystical wonder of the Amazonian forest and overlooking the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean Belém consists of a diverse culture as vibrant and broad as...
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Less than a hundred miles inland from the capital city of Lima lies the great Peruvian jungle an untamed land of impenetrable forests and endless winding rivers In its isolated cities cut off from the fashions of the capital a unique style of music began to develop inspired equally by...
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Formed in 1980 by guitar prodigy Leonardo Vela Rodriguez Sonido Verde de Moyobamba created some of the hardest craziest Cumbia to emerge from the Peruvian jungle With distorted surf addled guitar facing off against lysergic organ and hyperactive tropical rhythms Sonido Verde conjured the organic sound of the dense forests...
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The Movers were titans of South African soul who left a legacy of countless songs of pure groove On The Movers 1970 76 Analog Africa presents 14 of the finest tracks from the band s undisputed peak I first discovered The Movers on my very first...
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The last time I found myself on the phone with Jean Christian Mboumba Mackaya known as Mack Joss founder of the Mighty Orchestra Massako I could hear gun shots in the background Libreville was upside down following the re election of president Ali Bongo in August 2016 By the time...
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It all started in 2010 I had asked Eamon Ore Giron aka DJ Lengua if he would be interested in compiling a Latin project for Analog Africa and if so if he had a theme in mind He replied Have you ever heard of Rebajada The question mark above my...
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Dick Essilfie Bondzie was all ready for his 90th birthday party when the Covid pandemic hit The legendary producer businessman and founder of Ghana s mighty Essiebons label had invited all his family and friends to the event and it was the disappointment at having to postpone that prompted Analog...
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Analog Africa No 6 ORCHESTRE POLY RYTHMO DE COTONOU Volume 2 Echos Hypnotiques From the Vaults of Albarika Store 1969 1979 The riches of Vodoun rhythms are of such magnitude that one would never get to the bottom of it we ve tried Vincent Ahehehinnou lead vocalist of Orchestre of...
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African, Garage Rock, Psych, Funk, Soul & Funk, Rock, World
Yaoundé in the 1970´s was a buzzing place Every neighbourhood of Cameroon´s capital no matter how dodgy was filled with music spots but surprisingly there were no infrastructure to immortalise those musical riches The country suffered from a serious lack of proper recording facilities and the process of committing your...
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A great compilation can open the gate to another world Who knew that some of the most exciting Afro funk records of all time were actually made in the small West African country of Benin Once Analog Africa released the first African Scream Contest in 2008 the proof was there...
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I was in Lima hanging out with collector extraordinaire Victor Zela who had spent the previous few years pouring his passion for Peruvian Cumbia into the blog La Cumbia de Mis Viejos a real trove of incredible music But after the birth of his first child his priorities shifted and...
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2LP in gatefold sleeve Take funk soul psychedelia and rumba mix it up with a thick dose of heavy local rhythms and throw everything in a Benin grinder The brew is then mixed up with hypnotic Farfisa solos gritty guitar riffs distorted bass lines warm horns and the result of...
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BRAZILIAN WESTERN MOVIE 1964 1974 On this 16 track compilation you can enjoy the dancefloor forró rhythms from Pernambuco Brazil by accordionist Reginaldo Alves Ferreira better known as Camarao or Maestro Camarao...
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Cametá a historical little Amazonian town on the shores of the river Tocantins is the birthplace of the scorching music known as Siriá a cross pollination between the music of the inhabitants of the quilombos a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by escaped slaves of African origins and the indigenous people...
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Funk amp Sato From Benin s Obscure Labels 1973 1975 Following the compilation African Scream Contest Raw amp Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin amp Togo 70s which featured several tracks by Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou including the ground breaking Gbeti Madjro this collection now focuses entirely on Orchestre Poly...
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In 1972 the country of Rhodesia as Zimbabwe was then known was in the middle of a long simmering struggle for independence from British colonial rule In the hotels and nightclubs of the capital bands could make a living playing a mix of Afro Rock Cha Cha Cha and Congolese...
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La Locura De Machuca is the story of one man s bizarre odyssey into Colombia s coastal music underground and the wild hypnotic sounds he helped bring up to the surface One night in 1975 a successful tax lawyer named Rafael Machuca had his mind blown in Barranquilla s Plaza...
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In 1972 Orchestre Abass released two incredible singles on Polydor These records featuring Shamarin Banza Haka Dunia and other Afro funk masterpieces were powerful enough to knock any music head out but it wasn t until the discovery of some unreleased material by the band that the seeds for this...
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The 11th Limited Dance Edition Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical Fourteen mindblowing Cumbia masterpieces many of which have never seen wide...
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